As I mentioned the other day, I picked this up last weekend, and
here's the lowdown.
Looks like Clear are getting their catalog numbers almost as confused
as Rephlex, and they've only been going a few months. CLR415 and
CLRX415 (the limited 1000 run of see-thru stuff) is to be released on
30th May. It is the Spacepimp EP by Spacepimp, the artist formerly
know as Acen. 3 varied tracks as follows, I introduce each with the
related quote scratched in the runout area:
1. The Pimp (The Lino Cut)
Big fat krazy back in the day lino biznizz.
This track neatly bridges the gap between the out-and-out retro
electro of the Jedi Knights' "Antacid" remix, and the new school of
detroit electro. It has a very "digital" feel, but none of the
"fresh" gimmicks etc. The tempo is around 120bpm which puts it in
retro territory as opposed to the 135bpm we typically find used by
such as Drexciya, Aux 88 and RAC in their electro tracks.
2. Space Chase
Dreamin' trooper taro acen cez and clear - the funk iz here.
The funk iz here for sure. While this track suffers from a not very
interesting junglish break, the bassline is unlike anything I've
heard in a jungle track - it's so funky! Yet at the same time it has
a techno attitude as well. This is not like the "ambient/jungle" of
the Artcore compilation, but perhaps falls somewhere between Reload's
"Nemm" and Luke Vibert's "Plug 1" EP.
3. K-9 Law
Respect to Jedi Knights of the round table , Android, Angry D, Jake
Slazenger, Dr Rockit & All Clear Crew.
K-9 Law shares with the Jedi Knights' "We want to funk you" (OK I
know that's not the title) a nod to Zapp's "More bounce to the
Ounce". This time it's just the rhythm that gets used, not the
bassline, and this time we're in dirty funky 100bpm territory. Chock
full of squeaky and creaking funky guitar-type sounds, bumping along
on that break, this just drips with funk.
In all a most enjoyable EP, possibly my favourite from the Clear
series- just as funky as the Jedi Knights, but more varied; A whole
lot better than Bantha trax in most respects, and just more fun than
the somewhat cerebral Plaid EP.
J
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